Peer Governance

Part of the [[Triad of Commoning]].

Patterns

As include in [[Free, Fair and Alive]].

• Bring Diversity into Shared Purpose
• Create Semi-Permeable Membranes
• Honor Transparency in a Sphere of Trust
• Share Knowledge Generously
• Assure Consent in Decision Making
• [[Rely on Heterarchy]]
• Peer Monitor & Apply Graduated Sanctions
• Relationize Property
• [[Keep Commons & Commerce Distinct]]
• [[Finance Commons Provisioning]] / [[Choose Commons-Friendly Financing]]

What is it?

As we thought about how coordination works in a commons, we hesitated to use the term “governance” because it is so closely associated with the idea of collective interests overriding individual freedom.

– [[Free, Fair and Alive]]

peer governance rather than just governance. It points to an ongoing process of dialogue, coordination, and self-organization.

– [[Free, Fair and Alive]]

^ sounds quite similar to ideas in [[Anarchist Cybernetics]].

Our analysis of Peer Governance therefore moves beyond Ostrom’s landmark design principles in several ways. First, we look at all sorts of contemporary commons — social, digital, and urban, among others — not just at natural resource-based commons. We also attempt to go beyond resource management and allocation as primarily economic matters, and instead emphasize commoning as a social system. Any assessment of governance in commons must deal squarely with the systemic threats posed by markets and state power, so we look to Peer Governance as a form of moral and political sovereignty that works in counterpoint to the market/state.

– [[Free, Fair and Alive]]

by Elinor Ostrom is helpful, but ultimately not enough. The principles do not provide sufficient guidance for people to respond flexibly to feedback

– [[Free, Fair and Alive]]

we cannot depend upon structures to do the work of culture.

– [[Free, Fair and Alive]]

[[Money-lite commoning]].

how can I organize my life in such a way that I become less dependent on money? How do I decommodify daily life? Similar questions should be asked at the level of a project, initiative, infrastructure, or platform.

– [[Free, Fair and Alive]]

Commoning provided what we would now call a [[basic income]] — access to resources that ensure one’s basic survival.

– [[Free, Fair and Alive]]